That makes it the most expensive painting ever sold at auction (maybe other paintings have sold for more privately, but we don't know, and we don't think so apparently a Paul Gauguin might once ...

After Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Christ, Salvator Mundi, smashed the record for the most expensive painting sold at an auction last November, we take a look at some of the artworks to have held ...

AT the mind-boggling price of €270 million, it is reportedly the most expensive painting ever sold. So it is fitting that Paul Gauguin masterpiece ‘Nafea faa ipoipo’ (‘When are you getting ...

On Monday, London-based art dealer Kenny Schachter, writing for the website Artnews, offered answers: The painting now resides on the gargantuan yacht owned by powerful Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ...

17. The Garçon à la pipe painting - $104 million The Garçon à la pipe painting is among the most expensive thing in the world. It was sold at Sotheby's auction on 5 May 2004 for $104 million.

The frenzied bidding war lasted 11 and a half minutes as five keen buyers fought for the oil painting, at Christie’s in New York. Applause broke out when auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen finalised the ...

A painting by British artist David Hockney is set to become the most expensive work by a living artist to ever be sold at auction. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is expected to ...

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"It took 88 bids and about six minutes to reach its wonderful total." Mr Bateman said it was the most expensive painting the auction house had ever sold, and the third most expensive lot ever.